Sentence examples for as a telex operator from inspiring English sources

At nineteen, Laura joined the Wrens as a telex operator.

Once upon a time, you never left the office without a pocketful of change for the phone booth or, if the assignment was to some wild foreign outpost, without a wad of cash to bribe a telex operator to jump your copy to the top of the pile.

For 22 years, on every Saturday "except maybe 10," Mr. Benida, a former Telex operator from Valhalla, N.Y., has been a front-row Milford jai alai gambler, losing a bit more money than he has won.

All she needed was a thousand dollars to bribe another telex operator.

As her colleague in London in the mid-1970s I would find her typing at speed and handing the first draft to the telex operator before heading off for one of her long lunches.

The festival headquarters had a room where telex operators — invariably burly cigar-smoking men who spoke not a word of English — took your typewritten copy, grunted something unintelligible and transmitted it to the U.S. without a hitch.

She asked for another six thousand dollars — the balance of Cartwright's cashier's check — to bribe the telex operators who would execute the transfer.

This comes after years during which all signs seemed to be suggesting that travel agents would soon go the way of telex operators.

She asked for another six thousand dollars the balance of Cartwright's cashier's check to bribe the telex operators who would execute the transfer.

This is Iago as a smooth operator.

There is no doubting his skills as a political operator.